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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 18, 1995Franklin County, Red River County, Titus County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 12:19 AM CDT for Franklin County, Red River County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 12:19 AM CDT (05:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 299 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:45 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland63 min
Apr 17, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young69 min
Apr 17, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Palo Pinto64 min
Apr 17, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack64 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman63 min
Apr 17, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague, Wise57 min
Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto60 min
Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker64 min
Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown58 min
Apr 17, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills68 min
Apr 17, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke60 min
Apr 17, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant, Wise64 min
Apr 17, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton56 min
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Lampasas67 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 17, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas55 min
Apr 17, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell67 min
Apr 17, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin29 min
Apr 17, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, Johnson27 min
Apr 17, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis63 min
Apr 17, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman63 min
Apr 17, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains, Van Zandt41 min
Apr 17, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.